and purple colors. The product provoked outrage and ridicule, with television show host Ellen DeGeneres saying "Can you believe this? We've been using man pens all these years," and comedian Bridget Christie titling her 2013 Edinburgh festival show A Bic For Her. The product also received many sarcastic Amazon reviews. In 2017 it was inducted into the collection of the Museum of Failure. Cristal Stylus In 2014 Bic released a new writing instrument based on the Cristal, a modified pen with a rubber tip opposite the ballpoint. This model, called the "Cristal Stylus", is for use on touchpads. Bic funded a website to promote the stylus that crowdsourced a new typeface, named the Universal Typeface Experiment. See also List of pen types, brands and companies References External links of the Bic Cristal at Société BIC Bic Cristal at MoMA Everyday Icon #3 The BIC Biro at Phaidon Press online French inventions Pens Products introduced in 1950 Writing implements